Organizations are urged to patch after proof-of-concept code makes the Linux root escalation flaw easier to exploit.
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Prompt Injection Attacks Trick AI Agents Into Making Crypto Payments
Researchers uncovered two campaigns embedding indirect prompt injections in malicious websites to exploit autonomous AI agents browsing the web.
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In Other News: Canadian Hacker Jailed, Open Source Zero-Days, Two Sentenced for ATM Jackpotting
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Anonymous-linked Canadian hacker jailed, researcher drops zero-days in open source projects, Venezuelans sentenced in the US over ATM jackpotting.
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Agentic AI Used to Conduct Ransomware Attack via Langflow
Attack demonstrates how LLM agents can combine known exploitation techniques with real-time reasoning to automate complex, multi-stage intrusions.
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Medtronic Data Breach Impacts 3.8 Million People
In April, ShinyHunters accessed the company’s corporate IT systems and stole patients’ personal and medical information.
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Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker Extradited to US
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Peter Stokes was a member of Scattered Spider, the hacking group linked to more than 100 network intrusions and over $100 million in ransom payments.
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Google, FBI Disrupt NetNut Residential Proxy Network Powered by Millions of Devices
NetNut rented access to millions of compromised devices, allowing cybercriminals and nation-state actors to mask their identities during attacks.
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Critical Cursor AI Code Editor Flaws Could Lead to OS-Level Remote Code Execution
The DuneSlide vulnerabilities enable zero-click prompt injection attacks that escape Cursor’s sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system.
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New CitrixBleed Vulnerability Exploited Immediately After Public Disclosure
Hackers are targeting NetScaler appliances using public PoC code to retrieve arbitrary memory content in the HTTP response.
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How to Conduct a Successful Audit of AI-Driven Software Development
As AI-generated code becomes commonplace, CISOs need new audit strategies to measure developer practices, govern AI tool usage, and identify software risks before they reach production.
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